The state's first two dozen recreational marijuana outlets will be able to start selling cannabis Tuesday morning.

4. WHERE UKRAINE FIGHTING COULD ERUPT NEXT

Separatist militants driven from eastern towns by the Ukrainian army are regrouping in Donetsk, a major industrial city of 1 million where pro-Russia rebels have declared independence.

View full sizeLonny Remmers, Nicholas Craig and Darryl Jeter, left to right, are shown in images provided by the Corona Police Department. Remmers heads Corona's Heart of Worship Community Church, which has 15 to 20 members. Authorities say he brutally disciplined a 13-year-old boy after the boy's mother brought him to a church-run group home.Corona Police Department

5. CALIF. MINISTER, 2 OTHERS ADMIT ASSAULTING TEEN BOY

A Southern California pastor and two followers pleaded guilty Monday to harming a 13-year-old boy who was pinched with pliers, hit with a shovel, forced to dig a mock grave and threatened with death after his mother turned him over to be disciplined, prosecutors said. Lonny Remmers, 56, pleaded to inflicting corporal injury on a child and assault with a deadly weapon. Two members of Remmers' tiny church, Nicholas Craig, 24, and Darryll Jeter Jr., 30, pleaded guilty to inflicting corporal injury and making criminal threats and have been sentenced to a year in home confinement and three years' probation. Remmers faces up to two years in prison when sentenced in September.

6. HOW GM'S GOOD INTENTIONS WENT BAD

The automaker aimed to install ignition switches that worked more smoothly, an engineer says, but a faulty design led to dozens of vehicle crashes and at least 13 deaths.

7. AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER LEADS IN PRESIDENTIAL VOTE

But officials say no winner can be declared, since millions of ballots are being audited for fraud.